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At the height of the storm on Wednesday, the maximum wind speed measured within the
harbor was forty-nine knots, while a boat off Pangaimotu reported a peak of seventy-four
knots. In the harbor, our hulls lay in quiet water, while boats in the anchorage were buf-
feted by an uncomfortable but harmless two-foot chop. A sharp wind shift had all of us in
the harbor leaning hard a-lee, while boats anchored out in the bay were momentarily
knocked down, but none the worse for wear (other than cabins in complete disarray). Ul-
timately, all the vessels in Tongatapu weathered the storm well, whether secured behind
the breakwater or anchored out at Pangaimotu.
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